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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24

ment of the modern rudder. From the
height Of the portfolios cut In the sides
to receive the oars it is certain that
the oarsmen rowcd in a sitting post
urc. as we see them on the Bayeux
tapestry and on the Haggeby stone in
Sweden. The merchant vessels were
not fitiel with PORTFOLIOS for oars and
had no flooring on the beams, SO that
the Gokstad vessel could only have
been war-ship. especially as she was
fitted for sailing also, and carried at
least three small boats, indicating a
large crew. Besides. a trader would
never have been thought of for burial.
II was. without doubt. then. individual
property, belonging to some prominent
chieftain. and must have carried from
seventy to eighty men. for the frag-
ments indicate that there were thirty
two shields and sixteen pairs of oars.
and as two men were necessary to ham
die one oar of this SIZE the rowcrs alone
must have been sixty-four in number
-Scri5ners Magazine.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
TITLED LANDLORDS.
Noblemen Who Have Become Honse-Own-
ers in New York City.


If man fails to exercise consider
able caution in the matter of renting
an apartment nowadays he is liable to
have a Marquis or Baron or even a
Duke for his landlord. Ii is NO less
person than the Duke Iii Castelluccia
who pockets monthly the rent of
property on Thirticth street, known as
the Burlington. The house is truly
ducal in its magniticeDce, splendidly
built, and finished as To interior decor
alton in q manner that is profuse in
luxury. The apartments are en- Si0te,
and those on the lower floor, which are
occupied by the proprietor and his wife,
are furnished with rare and expensive
taste. But surer proof. in these lux
urious days, of the validity of the land
lord title is the exact way in which he
collects rents, the smallest extra find
ing its way into the bill. Yet II is gwen
out that the Burlington is but hobby
of the Dukes.
Another apartment-house, one in
West fwenty-third street, is said TO be-
long TO Baron Blanc, the actual noble.
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
WOOD PULP PALS.
How Serviceabie Goods Are Made of In
durated Fiber.

durated Fiber.
Durable, serviceable and economical
pals are among tie numerous useful
articles now manufactured from wood
pulp. The pulp pail is in one piece
and has no hoops. 1t is light and never
leaks or falls to pieces. II is made as
follows: The wood, preferably spruce,
although any soft, fbrous wood will
answer, is first cleared of its bark and
cut to a length uniform with the grind
stone TO be used, generally sixteen to
twenty-four inches. 1t is then placed
against the face of q rapidly revolving
grindstone. the grain of the wood being
in line with or parallel with the axis
of the stone, and n hydraulic or worm
screw piston keeping the wood con-
stantly pressed against the stone. The
result, which is washed off the stone hy
a shower of water, after being screened
of slivers and sawdust, is n milky white
liquid. With the water sufficiently ex-
tracted this is the wood pulp used in
the manufacture of paper and indurated
fiber ware. The process of manufacture
of the ware from the pulp is exceeding
ly simple and is similar in all the lines
made In making pail the machine
for first moding the pail from the pulp
is provided with hollow perforated
form of cast iron, shaped like the inside
of pail, and covered first with perfor-
ated brass and then with fine wire cloth.
This form, worked by hydraulic piston,
ispushed up into a large cast iron hat, !"
which fits over it very tightly. Within
this hat is placed a flexible rubber
bag, and between this and the inner
form first mentioned is admitted the
pulp, still in liquid state. The pulp
being pumped in under pressure, the
water Immediately begins to drain off
through the wire cloth and perfora-
tons, and the rubber bag swells until
it fills the hat The supply of pulp is
then shut off, and water under high
pressure is admitted within the hat and
outside the rubber bag, thus squeezing
much of the water from the pulp.
After standing some eight to ten min
utes the pressure is shut off, the inner
form lowered, and the pulp-pail re-
moved. At this stage the pail is still
nearly fifty per cent. water, but is
sufficiently strong to allow handling.
This water is first all dried out in dry
kilns, and hcn the pail is turned off on
the outside with gang of saws. After
sandpapering inside and ont the pail is
ready for the treatment house, where
it is charged with water-proofng
compound, which permeates thorough
ly the material of which the pail is
made. Baking in ovens at high tenn
perature succeeds each dip or treat
ment. The polish which the goods
present is described as being the result
of the final treatment. After this the
handles are riveted on the goods,
which are then ready for the market. =
Mechanic.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
A ShreWd Advertiser.

my stars!" exclaimed man. show
ing some one who stood near him,
'you have trod on my corn"
The follow snatched out box Of
ointment, and replied: Il can relieve
you, sir, in few minutes. Only ten
cents. Endorsed by the medical fra
ternity everywhere. There is no use
in suffering, One boxp Thank you,"
he added, as he put the mony in his
pocket.
1T was an accident you found him"
some one remarked to tho salve
dealer.
oh, no, it wasn't. If you ask n
man if he's got corns he don't want to
talk to You. but whom you find out
that he's got en- the chances Of selling
him medicine are good. I advertise
my medicine by going into crowds
and slyly feeling for corl.S Yonder
stands fat fellow. When the crowd
gifts thicker I'll go over and tap his
hoof. Oh. yes. 1t may be painful but.
my dear sir. the business OF this coun-
try must DO carried on regardless oi
sentiment "--Arkapsaw Traveller
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
She Did Not Decline.

Mrs. Bascom-You wouldn't believe
it. Mrs. Tibbitts. to look at me now;
but when l was girl about nineteen
years old, lost my appetite, and grew
so pale and thin that everybody said l
was going to fade away and die.
Mrs. Tibbitts-Indeed! and what was
the matter with you.
Mrs. Bascom-Love.
Mrs. Tibbitts-Do tell! how did you
ever recover?
Mrs. Bascom-Oh, it came around
kind OF natural IKE. lou sec' Joshua
called to see me one night, looking
awful blue; and says he: mildred.
folks say you're goin' into decline. +"
mo, ! amt, joshua says l, mot II
you'll have me. "-1id-Bits.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
OUR MOTHER.

Mothers so good TO US, what can we dor
How can we ever repay her?
o, 'twould be better for me and for you
Were we more prompt TO obey her.
Ready TO tighten her burdens OF care;
Ready our tempers TO smother;
Striving each day, in a delicate way,
To prove our affection for mother.
Mother has always been thoughtful and kind,
On the lookout for pleasure;
Deep In her heart are her children enshrined;
None her devotion measure,
What can we do In return for this love,
Faithful and fond as no other?
Can we forget how deeply In debt
We always must be to our mothers
Mothers so patient, SO quick 10 excuse
Each little weakness and failing;
Ready her comforting powers to use
When we are troubled or aiing
Teaching us more by example than words
Truly TO love one another
And in return how we should yearn
To care 10 her old age for our mother
Mothers SO good TO US, day after day,
Giving tender protection
o, how the thought Of her kindness should sway
Ever the hearts recollection.
Yet there are many who treat her with scorn,
Grateful emotions they smother.
And angels--ah me must weep when they see
How cruel they are to their mother
Better for us TO be thoughtful and kind
70 mother dear, while she is living;
Better for us that we bear her in mind
Kisses and sympathy giving,
Than after her presence is missed from the
home,
And she's gone from this world to another,
To weep and lament, and with anguish repent
Or the way we neglected our mother
-Josephiae Poitard, in ~ u Led0er.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
It Was All There.

The joker who makes bad joke de-
serves to have it turned on him, as it
very often is.
A man who had dined at restau-
rant was asked by the waiter what he
would have for dessert.
"You may bring me baked apples
and cream"
eyes, sir"
"Only let us have them without the
cream"
Eyes, sir"
"And without the apples please"
"All right, sir.
The waiter disappeared, and soon
returned with a plate on his salver, on
which lay spoon, and n little pow
dered sugar. The customer looked
surprised.
''It's your baked apples and cream,
sir, without the baked apples and with
out the cream" said the waiter.
The item figured on the bill just the
same, and the customer felt bound to
pay it, Youths Companion.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
A MORSE WAR-SHIP.
Although Built a Thousand Years Ago ]
Resembles Modern Vessels.

Although Built a Thousand Years Ago 1t
Resembles Modern Vessels.
No object so thoroughly fascinated
me in a visit to Norway and Sweden
during the summer of 1882 as the
splendid example of ancient shipping
discovered shortly before at Gokstad.
on one of the peninsulas of Southern
Norway.
The length from stem to stern over
all is 78 feet, the keel alone measuring
&C feet The breadth of beam is 164
feet and the depth about feet. Oak
alone was used in the construction.
the body being Imprinted. while the
stem and stern-posts were decorated.
The planks were laid OH over the frame
timbers in our lapstreak style. each
overlapping the one below it, and
were fastened together with iron bolts
riveted and clinched upon the inside
''clinker-built," as we now call it.
The planking was dashed to the frames
by means of projections with wicker
like cords, or withes. made from the
roots of trees; and the seams were
calked with hair of cattle spun into a
cord of three strands, and this was
not driven into the crevices, but laid
in when the planking was put to-
gether.
From this method of constr uction,
as we'll rs from the character of the
relics found and the use OF the vessel
as means of sepulture, Mr.. Nicolay.
sen infers that it was built, during the
later iron age or between A. d. zoe
and 1000. (The early iron age com.
| prises the first seven centuries aftel
the Christian cray The decora' ion Of
the trimmings on the prov, gunwale
and stern-post, the numerous cary.
ing. both upon the ship and the rel.
les. together with tho handy use Of
colors, exhibit a very st-Yng influence
from Irish decorative art For in her
palmy days, before the beginning o.
the eighth century, Ireland outs.ripped
every other country of Europe in min
iaturo painting and the ornamental.
ton Of metal and wood. This consid.
Grafton fixes the date Of construction
subsequent to A. d. 700
Its great sharpness of build and fine
sheer gave to it model which does
not suffer in comparison with that Of
the Galatea or the best of the yachts
used on the En- glish coast for sailing
in deep waters. 1t had the advantage,
however, of fattened bottom amid.
ships, which must have secured 10 il
much greater steadiness than the En-,
glish cutters; something in fact. be-
tween the cutter and the fat keelless
boat Of the center board type-sug.
costing at once the model Of Mr.. Bur
CESS lateet design. the Volunteer The
peculiar method Of attaching the rud
der to the side of the stern afforded
manifest advantages for shipping and
unshipping, but did not admit Of a'
prompt an effect ss doea the adjust
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
NAPOLEON'S WEALTH.
Absolute Disappearance of One of til
Greatest Personal Fortunes.

Absolute Disappearance of One of the
Greatest Personal Fortunes.
One of the most remarkable historical
incidents of this century was the disap-
pearance of Napoleon rs enormous
fortune. In 1910 he was far and away
the richest individual in the world. He
came out of the Italian campaign end
ing in 1900 with $4,000. 900. according
to his own account This he main
tanned was his private property. TAX
ing the statements he made to his
friends and others at ST. Helena he
must have hidden away when he left
France the last time the enormous sum
of $40, 600, 900, or 100000, 900 francs.
This would make him very much the
sum then was equal in influence to
5000. 900. 900 now. No sovereign of his
time could begin to approach him in
personal fortune. Marshal Soult, the
last of the Imperial Marshals (who died
in November, 1851, just about a year
before his great antagonist, the duke of
Wellington), told venerable French
general officer, who repeated it to the
writer, that when the Emperor went to
Elba he had 60. 900, 900 francs covered
up in Paris alone.
OF the $12, 900, 600 hard cash paid over
at one time by the United States to Ma
poleon as First Consul in 1903 it was
common rumor-not very general, you
may be sure, however-that $500. 900
francs of the sum was never accounted
for in vouchers. This might easily
have been. Napoleon was then First
Consul for life. He could do just what
he chose and nobody dared call him to
account.
1t is not very difficult to hide money
in large sums, too, SO 1t can not be
found, be the search ever so careful.
Ferdinand Ward has some millions
thus covered up. and no human being
has ever yet found clew to the stolen
treasure. 1t was said and believed by
many people, too, that Stephen Girard,
of Philadelphia, had large sum in
his hands belonging to Napoleon l..
which he would have handed over to
him had he succeeded in getting away
| to the United States after Waterloo, rs
he tried to do. Louis XVIII, through
his Minister Of Finance, did all in his
power to discover this hidden treasure,
bat those who knew would never tell.
They probably took it themselves when
the Emperor died in 1921. But it is a
very interesting and romantic story,
the disappearance absolutely Of the
greatest fortune in the worlds history
up to that time, leaving not trace
| hohind = Kn shianko,1 Herald
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
THE APOSTLES DEATH.


How tho Followers of Christ Are Supposed
to Have Persisted.
st. Matthew is supposed to have
suffered martyrdom. or was slain with
the sword at the city of Ethiopia, in
Egypt.
St Luke was hanged upon an olive
tree in Greece.
st. John was put into caldron Of
boiling oil at Rome, and escaped death.
He afterward died natural death at
Ephesus. in Asia.
St. james the Great was behaded at
Jerusalem.
st. James the Less was thrown from
pinnacle or wing OF the temple, and
then beaten to death with a fuller's
club.
ST. Philip was hanged up against a
pillar at Hierapolis, city of Phrygia-
St. Bartholomew was tlayed alive by
the command of barbarous King.
ST. Andrew was bound to cross.
whence he preached unto the people
until he expired.
St. Thomas was run through the
body with lance at Coromandel, in
the East Indies.
St. John was shot TO deal with ar
rows.
St. Simeon Zealot was crucified in
Persia.
St Matthias was first stoned and
then behealed.
ST. Barnabas was stoned to death by
| the Jews at Salania.
st. Paul was bcheaded at Rome By
the tyrant Nero. -Epange' ST.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
NUMBER 80.
CARL punpER.s TALE.
The Old Gentleman Tells The Instructive
story of German Miser.

The Old Gentleman Tells The Instructive
story of q German Miser.
Shi,dren, MAYBE You hat noticed how
many burdocks vhas growing in der
gardens uud all aroundt on der fields.
Eafery pody chops him down md pulls
him oop, but he comes pack next year
all der same, und he vhas sooch mis-
ance dot peoples get madt and shwear.
shall now tell you der shtory of how
dot burdock come aboudt
Well. once upon sometimes man
lif near Bremen, in Shermany. He
yhas an oldt man und he vhas miser.
He goes hungry und in rags, und he
shleeps on der floor und doan' care how
mooch his pones ache. He yhas VERY,
very rich. He can buy oudt our city
hail uud haf some money left. He
lends money at twenty per cent. inter
est, und he turns poor peoples oudt
door und vhas so hardt in his heart dot
eafery body hates und vhas in fear of
him.
Now, tell you, shildren. it vhas no
good to spend all your money md
pring oop in der poor-house When you
vhas oldt und feeble; but nopody likes
a man who vhas so stingy dot he goes
hungry und ragged. 1t vhas shust ash
wicked to be stingy as extravagant.
Well, to go on. dot rich oldt miser
has burdock grow in his garden. l,
vhas der only one anybody eafer sees
in Sbermany, und der peoples belief
dot der leaves Will cure all diseases.
One day poor womans nit siek
shild comes TO dot place. und begs und
pleads nit der old miser for one leedlt
leaf to cure her shild. Does he gif it &c
hcrp MOI He WANTS money, und il
she can't pay, dot shild may die. De,
poor womans cries und sobs, but it vhas
no goot, und so she falls on her knee.
by der roadside und begins to pray
| Poorly soon leedle old mans come.
oudt of der bushes und says:
"How vhas dsP Who makes 20,
weep und pc sorrowful?"
"Dot old miser wont gif me som,
burdock to safe my shild's life." sh,
tells him.
"Oh-ah-I seel Money vhas o
more value dan human life, vhas she!
Und we haf only one burdoek, und she
vhas in der hands Of amiser! Womans
wait leedle Bit
Und he goes py der gate und holds
oudt his arm so. und says:
"Hoky-pokcy! presto shange! Let al
der money in dis house turn into bur
docks!"
| And, shildren, shust rs true as vha
here pefore you all, dot money com,
running outdoors. and yhas tnrne,
into big and lcedle burdocks, und de
poor womans shteps on EN- as sh'
vhalks home. Dot oldt miser gifts on,
big yell und falls deadt, ind dot VIA
der last of him. So You now see VIII,
burdocks vhas SO plenty ind money 81
scarce, und you may pelieve he yha
all right. Eafery burdoek comes from
dot one, und dey grow all aboudt II
dot der lesson of charity may cafer p,
before our minds. Detroit Free Press
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
THE DANISH HORN.
a Remarkable Relic said to BE Genuine
Trumpet of Zion.


In the royal museum of Copenhagen
there is. and has been for more than
two hundred and seventy-five years. q
golden trumpet, known throughout
Denmark as the "Danish Horn" with
engraved emblems. comprising the SYM
Dol of purity. the triple lily. Its weight
is one hundred and two ounces and
it measures two feet nine inches in
length. This horn is said to be gem
uine trumpet of Zion. The surround
ing circumstances strongly sustain the
position, and up 80 the present time
there has not been the slightest scien-
tific doubt as to the genuineness Of the
relic. The lily, as symbol of purity.
was generally carried in the right
hand by the vestal virgins of the tenn
pie; 1t also forms the emblem on the
'.shekel," the Jewish coin. There are
also observable the much eifaced re-
mains of what has the appearance Of
pomegranates, and traces of an inscrip-
ton which, as far as it can be made
out. is engraved in that kind of Hebrew
characters known as the Samaritan
text. The emblems and inscription
may be easily accounted for and accept
ed for the meaning of the word .'Jeho-
YAH"
The trumpet was discovered by a
farmers daughter. partly concealed in
the ground, in 1880. in the diocese of
Rypeny, Jutland. As to how it found
its way from Palestine to Denmark can
only be eonjectnred at. 1t is accepted
as fact that the relic ut one time
was one of the instruments anciently
used in Solomon's temple. Certain or
naments. and especially the beautiful
engraving near the opening of, the
large end of the instrument, forming q
turreted border around its edge, are the
most convincing proofs for this posi-
ton. When Titus Vospasianus, the
youthful Roman General, subjugated
Indaea and destroyed its temple, he
took the renowned tables, the seven
branch candlestick. the "Sacred
Books" and the trumpets to Rome,
where they were, with other trophies OF
victory, carried in procession through
| the city in honor of the conqueror.
Upon the arch of Titus these things were
sculpturcd and may be seen in Rome
in fair state of preservation to.
day. The Sacred Books" the vic.
tor presented to Josephus Flaviu., the
Jewish historian. Afterward, when
Titus became emperor of Rome, the in
strumen s and tables of schcw bread,
| by decree of the Senate and council Of
Rome, were placed in the great temple
of Jupiter. Between the fourth and
sixth centuries Rome was overrun by
hordes of northern barbarians. The
| city was taken, religion for the time
dethroned, and temples, regardless Of
the sanctity. sacred or historical. were
sacrilegiously plundered. After theil
retreat from Rome the Vandals carried
off with them the spoils they had seizec
in the temples.
This trumpet of gold which CORE
spends in every particular with tho
trumpets sculptured upon the "Arcf
of Titus" was doubtless carried to the
north with the other plumber and il
turn lost by the conquerors of Rome
| who had taken it from the conqueror,
of the Jews.
Another illustration of the old adage
that History repeats itself. "-Earth